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Hello All!
I am going crazy trying to figure out what is going on with me.

I recently changed neurologists because I wasn’t getting anywhere with my old neuro. The new Dr. ran lots of blood tests and ordered new MRIs.

Yesterday I had a consult with him and he told me my MRI hasn’t changed since my last one 3 years ago. He told me my symptoms do not correlate with my MRI and as a matter of fact, my MRI isn’t characteristic with MS.

He also tested me for other things like lupus, lyme disease, etc. but everything came back normal.

He told me that my symptoms are psycho-somatic, basically not real and that I have a deeper issue than the symptoms.

I am stunned. Has anyone else gone through this before? Is it possible for me to have symptoms but all tests come back negative?

As I write this, I am fatigued, some of my fingers don’t work like they should and I have tingling all down my right side.

About My Life With MS

Hi!

Welcome to my MS world. I was happily clicking along in life when I had an acute onset of MS in 2005. I was stunned, shocked and left in bed for 6 weeks unable to walk or see. I went into remission and changed my life.

At first I felt sorry for myself:

I was a single mom of a 4 year old

tried to maintain a small house

hold a job

get healthy

manage all the responsibilities I had

I was determined to be positive about my new situation. I refused to let MS take over my life so I embarked on something totally out of character for me…I trained for a triathlon. It was an amazing experience.

Life started to turn around until July 2007 where I had relapse, after relapse, after relapse with the probable prognosis of Secondary Progressive MS. Not exactly what I wanted to hear.

With that news, I needed to change my life again. I quit my job because my body couldn’t handle the physical stress and looked for a job I could do from home. Now I am on a new journey. I work from home as a freelancer and I hope to try and help others find meaning and purpose in their lives when MS tries to take over.